Amendment106th Congress
Amendment increases funding for the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Networking and Information Technology Research and Development including an increase in the number of grants authorized.
- Amendment Number
- 573
- Description
- Amendment increases funding for the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Networking and Information Technology Research and Development including an increase in the number of grants authorized.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressional Record to increase the bill's total authorization from $4.8 billion to $5.6 billion for FYs 2000-2004. Specifically, the amendment increases 1) the authorization for NSF long-term information technology research from $1.8 billion to $2.2 billion over the FY 2000-2004 period; 2) the number of large research grants the NSF may award from 20 to 25 in FYs 2000-2001 and from 30 to 35 in FY's 2002-2004; and 3) the authorization for NSF information technology research centers from $220 million to $300 million.
- Congress
- 106
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Feb 15, 2000
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Hall (TX) amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H400)
- Latest Action Time
- 14:14:31
- Submitted Date
- Feb 15, 2000
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021